Themes
A series of themes and collections to help you explore York's history.
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Life in the Abbey
St Mary's Abbey in York was Benedict...
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City of Kings
The city of York and the Crown were...
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Industrialisation
In the latter half of the 19th centu...
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Viking timeline
793 – Viking raiders attack Li...
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Monastic Orders in York
As well as countless churches, Medie...
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A City Left Behind
The industrial revolution had far le...
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Georgian Architecture
York was fortunate to undergo a buil...
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Tudor/Stuart
The arrival of the Tudors in 1485, w...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- Trams Pulled by Horses
- The Horn of Ulf
- Cumberland House, King's Staith
- New Earswick
- Painting of 'The Brig Studley'
- Lendal Bridge
- St William's Shrine
- York Guildhall Painted Glass Window
- Dick Turpin
- The Bar Convent
- Micklegate Bar
- Royal Station Hotel
- King Edward III and York
- Church of St Olave
- New Shopping Centres
- The York Helmet
- Bootham Park Hospital (formerly York Lunatic Asylum)
- Stonegate